08 Feb 1968
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Newspaper
El Dorado Times
Location
El Dorado, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1968
Page
1
The 1968 rule changes allow older workers and others who continue to work to earn more while still receiving social security benefits. If you earn up to 1680 dollars a year you get full benefits. earnings between 1681 and 2680 remove benefits at one dollar per two earned. above 2880 lose one dollar per dollar earned, with full monthly checks still possible in months you earn nothing. No deductions after reaching age 72.
Saigon witnesses report rocket fragments injuring Associated Press photographer Dang Van Phuoc and NBC correspondent Howard Tuckner during street fighting. Phuoc suffered a forehead concussion and was admitted to the 17th Field Hospital. Tuckner, 36, was treated and released for a leg wound.
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Maurice Footsie Britt returns to work after a major lung surgery to remove a benign tumor. He says he feels fine and has recovered quickly, noting the experience was a shock but the tumor was noncancerous. He received hundreds of messages and flowers and hosted visitors including Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and Joe Purcell. The surgery halted 18 planned appearances in January but Britt remains a highly active lieutenant governor.
Gallup says Americans are confused disillusioned and cynical about leadership and international problems. Most favor training South Vietnamese to fight and phasing out U.S. operations, with Vietnam the top issue and crime and inflation rising in concern. President Johnson is not yet politically fragile, while Nixon leads the Republican field.
The game of bingo sometimes called keno beano lucky screeno or lotto draws shared likenesses to a broader lottery culture in the United States. It notes that many forms of gambling attract followers whether legitimate or illicit.
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